diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedYamlLoader.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedYamlLoader.java
index 66443e86901..0fef4b9bc3f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedYamlLoader.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedYamlLoader.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.SafeConstructor;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.Mark;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.MappingNode;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Node;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class OriginTrackedYamlLoader extends YamlProcessor {
 	/**
 	 * {@link Constructor} that tracks property origins.
 	 */
-	private class OriginTrackingConstructor extends Constructor {
+	private class OriginTrackingConstructor extends SafeConstructor {
 
 		@Override
 		protected Object constructObject(Node node) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/YamlJsonParser.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/YamlJsonParser.java
index c46d864a068..afec8622d9f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/YamlJsonParser.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/YamlJsonParser.java
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.json;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
 
 /**
  * Thin wrapper to adapt Snake {@link Yaml} to {@link JsonParser}.
@@ -31,16 +36,36 @@ import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
  */
 public class YamlJsonParser extends AbstractJsonParser {
 
+	private final Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new TypeLimitedConstructor());
+
 	@Override
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public Map<String, Object> parseMap(String json) {
-		return parseMap(json, (trimmed) -> new Yaml().loadAs(trimmed, Map.class));
+		return parseMap(json, (trimmed) -> this.yaml.loadAs(trimmed, Map.class));
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public List<Object> parseList(String json) {
-		return parseList(json, (trimmed) -> new Yaml().loadAs(trimmed, List.class));
+		return parseList(json, (trimmed) -> this.yaml.loadAs(trimmed, List.class));
+	}
+
+	private static class TypeLimitedConstructor extends Constructor {
+
+		private static final Set<String> SUPPORTED_TYPES;
+		static {
+			Set<Class<?>> supportedTypes = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+			supportedTypes.add(List.class);
+			supportedTypes.add(Map.class);
+			SUPPORTED_TYPES = supportedTypes.stream().map(Class::getName)
+					.collect(Collectors.collectingAndThen(Collectors.toSet(), Collections::unmodifiableSet));
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected Class<?> getClassForName(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+			return (SUPPORTED_TYPES.contains(name)) ? super.getClassForName(name) : null;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedYamlLoaderTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedYamlLoaderTests.java
index 20f26885d49..60fd48f9cb2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedYamlLoaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedYamlLoaderTests.java
@@ -16,18 +16,22 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.env;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.ConstructorException;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.origin.OriginTrackedValue;
 import org.springframework.boot.origin.TextResourceOrigin;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link OriginTrackedYamlLoader}.
@@ -116,6 +120,14 @@ class OriginTrackedYamlLoaderTests {
 		assertThat(getLocation(nullValue)).isEqualTo("28:13");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void unsupportedType() throws Exception {
+		String yaml = "value: !!java.net.URL [!!java.lang.String [!!java.lang.StringBuilder [\"http://localhost:9000/\"]]]";
+		Resource resource = new ByteArrayResource(yaml.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+		this.loader = new OriginTrackedYamlLoader(resource);
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(ConstructorException.class).isThrownBy(this.loader::load);
+	}
+
 	private OriginTrackedValue getValue(String name) {
 		if (this.result == null) {
 			this.result = this.loader.load();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/YamlJsonParserTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/YamlJsonParserTests.java
index 26c31e2b07e..c1da2c59e2b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/YamlJsonParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/YamlJsonParserTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.json;
 
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.ConstructorException;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+
 /**
  * Tests for {@link YamlJsonParser}.
  *
@@ -28,4 +33,10 @@ public class YamlJsonParserTests extends AbstractJsonParserTests {
 		return new YamlJsonParser();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void customTypesAreNotLoaded() throws Exception {
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(ConstructorException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> getParser().parseMap("{value: !!java.net.URL [\"http://localhost:9000/\"]}"));
+	}
+
 }